Global Scans · Good Health and Well-being · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

• [New] TCE contamination of soil and groundwater can persist for decades, creating an ongoing threat to public health and the environment. Environmental Working Group
• [New] Nearly 80% of consumers in the U.S. agree that nutritious foods are good for health and can reduce the risk of illness and disease. Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
• [New] Phlo plans to expand its geographic footprint within the UK over the next 12 months, providing more patients with easier access to its growing range of digital healthcare services. Digital Health
• [New] Effective and efficient processing of geospatial data is essential for a wide range of Digital Earth applications such as climate change, natural hazard prediction and mitigation, and public health. SpringerLink
• [New] America remains a global leader in life sciences investment and innovation, but access to healthcare in the US is uneven, regulations are uncertain, and the presidential election poses risks to Pharma. Pharmaphorum
• [New] A $1.5 million investment this year will support a new incentive for encouraging students enrolled in health care training programs in other provinces where Saskatchewan has invested in specific training seats to come home. Government of Saskatchewan
• [New] On current trends, inequalities in health will persist over the next two decades: people in the 10% most deprived areas can expect to be diagnosed with major illness a decade earlier than people in the 10% least deprived areas. Patient Safety Learning - the hub
• [New] Demand accountability of for-profit health care by directing HHS to block real estate deals that threaten to destabilize health care systems and prohibit private equity companies engaged in price gouging from investing in health care. JD Supra
• [New] The Government of Canada's Fairness for Every Generation Budget 2024 outlined over $535 B in spending for 2024-2025, including specific funding for Inuit communities going to the Non-Insured Health Benefits program and reducing Indigenous racism in healthcare. Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
• [New] The United States must be in position to prevent, detect, and respond to public health crises - including infectious disease threats at home and abroad. One Health Initiative
• [New] Federal health officials have warned Montana and some other states against pulling large numbers of people from the Medicaid rolls people for technicalities such as paperwork problems. Montana Public Radio
• [New] The ALL4LIVER Grant program aims to support projects initiated by local communities in Africa, South America, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and North America (excluding the United States) to work towards the WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. PharmiWeb.com
• [New] The Building Engineering Services Association has launched a new specification for ventilation hygiene as part of its ongoing efforts to minimise the risk posed by contaminated indoor air to human health and well-being. ACR Journal
• [New] There is enormous potential for artificial intelligence to improve health care from earlier diagnosis of patients with lung cancer to identifying people at increased risk of heart attacks. Medical Xpress
• [New] The presence of chemicals in food is not what determines whether food is safe to eat, and that FDA evaluates and monitors chemicals in regulated food to ensure they do not pose a health risk. National Law Review
• [New] Obesity poses health risks for several chronic diseases, including heart disease and stroke, which are the leading causes of death worldwide. BioPharma-Reporter.com
• [New] Settlers reportedly established at least two new illegal outposts this week near Palestinian communities which have been repeatedly attacked by settlers in the past months and are at imminent risk of being forcibly transferred from their homes and land. HuffPost
• [New] Settlers established at least two new outposts in the past two days in the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills, near Palestinian communities that have been attacked repeatedly by settlers in the past months and are at imminent risk of being forcibly transferred from their homes and land. The Guardian
• [New] New research at Loughborough University aims to develop a breath test to predict when health and physical function is at risk of declining in older people. Loughborough University
• [New] There is a clear indication that over consumption of antimicrobial in humans has led to resistant pathogens that adversely affects the human health, perhaps, among the top ten list, AMR is considered as the potential global threats to human health, food security, and development,,. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Research in The Lancet Public Health estimates a global increase in the number of people with dementia, from 57.4 million cases in 2019 to 152.8 million cases by 2050. The National
• Geopolitical events including the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as U.S. political polarization, could be creating an environment that may very well be creating risks that could eclipse anything since World War II. San Diego Union-Tribune
• Public Health expects to begin distributing fentanyl and xylazine test strips from the Washington State Department of Health this month. The Columbian

Last updated: 21 April 2024